John Erick Dowdle
Directing·December 9, 1972 — 53 years old·St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
John Erick Dowdle (born December 9, 1972) is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for horror films. He usually works with his brother Drew Dowdle as a producer and co-screenwriter.
With his brother Drew Dowdle as a producer and/or co-screenwriter, John Erick Dowdle directed the horror films Quarantine, Devil, based on a storybook from M. Night Shyamalan, and As Above, So Below, as well as the 2015 thriller film No Escape.
In 2017, Dowdle co-created the miniseries Waco with his brother, which aired on Paramount Network in 2018.
Known For
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—School for ScumbagsDirector—Friday Night LightsScreenplay · Director—Doctor Caligari's Cabinet of WondersDirector · Screenplay—Katakomben 2Director · Writer2026MarshalsTVDirector2023Waco: The AftermathTVExecutive Producer · Director · Creator2021Joe PickettTVExecutive Producer · Writer · Director · Creator2018WacoTVDirector · Executive Producer · Writer · Creator2015No EscapeDirector · Writer2014As Above, So BelowDirector · Writer2010DevilDirector2009Transcendent ManExecutive Producer2008QuarantineDirector · Writer2007The Poughkeepsie TapesWriter · Director · Story · Editor2005The Dry SpellFree Clinic Doctor · Director · Writer · Editor